Mysql WHERE problem with comma-separated list

Question

I need help for this problem.

In MYSQL Table i have a field :

Field  : artist_list  
Values : 1,5,3,401

I need to find all records

Answer 1

Your database organization is a problem; you need to normalize it. Rather than having one row with a comma-separated list of values, you should do one value per row:

uid    artist
1      401
1       11
1        5
2        5
2        4
2        2

Then you can query:

SELECT uid
  FROM table
 WHERE artist = 401

You should also look into database normalization because what you have is just going to cause more and more problems in the future.